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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Back to Inglis Falls

After sorting out the pictures I posted yesterday, and reading your comments, I went back to Inglis Falls today. I knew I could do more, and I had to go to Owen Sound anyway, to run some errands, so I took the camera, tripod and filters, and tried some experimenting. If you're not interested in photography, you can skip on right now.

The first thing I noticed was the remarkable change from last Wednesday; much of the waterfall had opened up, but the ice wall at the bottom was now higher. And there was spray everywhere, making for a very icy path where I walked and a lot of haze in the air. I picked 3 different views, and then took about 7 different exposures of the same view, from 1/25 seconds, to 4 seconds (and one fast one). Above is a fast one, attempting to stop that moving water, at 1/4000 seconds.

Second shot, same view, but a 0.5 second exposure. I like this one.

I climbed further down this time (very carefully), and got a wider shot, here a fast one at 1/3200 seconds. Look at the mist rising over the waterfalls.

And my favourite of this one was again at 0.5 seconds.

Too much mist in these last two, but this was a fast shot at 1/3200.

And this last one was at 0.5 seconds too. So among all the many 'slow' shots I took, ranging from 4 seconds to 1/25 seconds, it seems to be about 0.5 that I like, enough of that beautiful slow water, without overdoing it. Tomorrow perhaps I'll show you some different shots of the river, or the next waterfalls.

I love these gorgeous photos of Inglis Falls in this post and your last one too. Quite a difference in the flow from last year. We are getting snow here at the moment to be followed by freezing rain then rain. Tomorrow it is to be 11C and rain! Really crazy weather this winter.

i really want to see....and have the joy of photographing nature this way!!!! these are really special and beautiful!!!

and how do i get so close to my birds. i'm in my home office, there is a tree to my left and bird feeders cupped to the window to my right. the birds land in the tree (i snap, snap) before they fly over to the feeders attached to the window. it is super easy.....i keep the window unlocked, no screen, so i open it just enough to get my lens out. i use a nikon like a point and shoot on auto, a 300 mm lens and i always hold the camera in my hands and lean against the window jam. it does help to steady me. sometimes, if i need to, i hang out the window, the birds are hungry, they have been watching me do it for years and they don't seem to mind!

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This blog started out to document the seasons and the landscape of the Beaver Valley here in one of the most scenic spots in southern Ontario. Since then we've moved to Meaford, in the next valley over, on the Bighead River. Since retiring here we've started travelling more, having more and more adventures. So now the blog will document some of those adventures too and be a combination of local interest and travel adventures.
I have become more and more interested in photography, while pursuing my other love of writing. My blog lets me put them together and keep exploring a little bit every day - hope you enjoy my observations!

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